Hello everyone! I’ve come for everyone’s opinion on an engine I found on Facebook marketplace. It has Manley h beam rods, weisco pistons, no balance shaft, and a cracked exhaust valve (head and block already separated). He said it had 7k miles, being ran with a bnsr s3. Obviously I plan to tear...
I have done a fresh timing chain job, new vvt actuator and every step was done with care. Before and after the job sadly, I have an over retarded timing code (p0012 i believe). I made sure the 20th tooth is lined up and I have a feeling I have an oil pressure issue? On days that are 85 degrees...
While doing 60 on the highway my car started making a violent rattle from the transmission area and the 4wd light illuminated. This stopped shortly after and the light turned back off but my cabin began to fill with smoke. (I think this was grease burning off of my engine filling the cabin)
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I got a jdm engine that i’ve put around 500 miles on but it’s had timing issues. I did the timing chain, tensioners, and installed a new vat actuator, but i still had the p0016. last night I did the vvt control solenoid thinking it would be the last part to get ride of the code but no dice… what...
I just replaced the engine with a jdm 60k mile engine. This came with it's own set of issues but its been on the road for a day now and now there's a loud thudding coming from the front left tire. There is no grinding noise like a bad bearing, but a thud every wheel rotation so it gets faster...